Rifle and Pistol Association to file gun lawsuit today

11:49 AM,
Mar. 21, 2013

Written by

Joseph Spector
Albany Bureau

ALBANY The state Rifle & Pistol Association will file a lawsuit today against the gun-control law passed Jan. 15 by the state Legislature and signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

The group's president, Thomas King, said the lawsuit is expected to be filed later today. The lawsuit would be the second against the NY-SAFE Act, which is considered the toughest gun-control law in the nation. The group filed a notice of claim Jan. 29 in state Supreme Court in Albany that it intended to sue, calling the law unconstitutional.

The notice claimed that the law "was passed and is being continuously enforced with ...